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"A striking parallel is their urge to go and live in solitude (Wittgenstein in his Norwegian cabin and Schoeman in remote South African villages) and to intermit their high-functioning lives by choosing to work in professions that needed another form of intellect (Wittgenstein once turned to carpentry and teaching children in a primary school; Schoeman was once a monk and a nurse)."

"Based on the findings, corporate-owned commercial newspapers were affected the most. According to the perceptions of employees, owners did not do enough to support the sector."

"In the final instance, Levinas maintains that ethics is not vested in the rational weighing of options. According to him it is precisely such rational reflection on responsibility, which implies total freedom of choice, that is responsible for Cain’s sober, calculated coldness."

"Although this cycle demonstrates Temmingh’s ability to compose in various idioms and to imitate other composers very accurately, the songs also exhibit the composer’s own unique voice in an unmistakable way."

"The article concludes by emphasising the importance of the critique of humanist assumptions about human superiority underlying both humanism and some posthumanisms and indicates that a new relationship is necessary for sustainable living with all the others."

"This research article finds that coincidence and male sanctioning were present in these women’s involvement in translation, but that a strong exercising of agency was present that was mainly personally motivated."

"There is the danger that negative gender stereotyping in youth books can lead to low self-esteem and feelings of inferiority among girls, and excessive self-confidence among boys."

"The aim of this article is to give the reader a glimpse into the world of the popular 13th century Persian poet, Sufi mystic and dervish (Sufi prayer dancer), Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, known for incorporating mysticism, music and dance into his religious practice."

"Telegram can be regarded as a safer app than WhatsApp, although not as safe as Signal. For the purpose of this study, an app is regarded as safe if the personal information collected is limited and outsiders cannot gain access to the messages."

"The aim of this research was to develop an alternative approach to school violence and education by shifting the focus away from school violence to an integrated healing approach (IHA) based on eight value-driven principles."

"This article provides a systematic and coherent overview of the historical development of monasticism in the medieval Latin West (early fifth to the second half of the 15th century) by synthesising the most recent (2001–2021) specialist outputs in all relevant sections."

Ansie Stegen and André Duvenhage: "Social media provide the intelligence community with a vast quantity of information (Socmint), that could be of importance in safeguarding national security. However, the intelligence community in South Africa is not using this tool to its full potential."

"The novel touches on the legality and the ethical justification of unauthorised stem cell research and transplant, and also refers to the social milieu during apartheid that shaped the girls’ behaviour over time."

"After the first application the Constitutional Court issued a directive to Zuma inviting him to file papers in which he advanced reasons why an order for his committal should not be made in the event that the court found him in contempt. Again, he did not avail himself of this opportunity."

"The chimerical nature of grotesque ornaments of the Renaissance and Mannerist periods is investigated here with respect to the way in which the boundaries that normally separate the human, animal, and plant categories are transgressed and dissolved."

"In South Africa, the cultural mosaic, the constant threat of political and socio-cultural polarisation, the lack of social capital and social cohesion and the presence of a number of other contextual conditions all point to the need for intercultural dialogue and, in particular, intercultural education."

"Israel is clearly guilty of discrimination against Palestinians and the granting of special privileges to Jewish people. The term apartheid is used in connection with Israel to draw international attention to the plight of the of the Palestinian people."

"In this article we try to unpack the process and role of awards by exploring the phenomenon as not merely a mechanism to identify “the best literature”. We also aim to illustrate the importance of prizes when it comes to the understanding of the functioning of the literary field and literary gatekeeping today."

"The investigation determines how teachers develop and broaden their own knowledge bases with regard to the integration of learning technology in order to supplement gaps. The role of the teacher as a lifelong learner was therefore also raised in this investigation."

"How does our local ecocriticism compare with international ecocriticism in terms of literary theory formation and international discourses? Most importantly: What would an Afrikaans ecocriticism look like?"